Category: Android
Nokia has traditionally been on top when it comes to total phones shipped but it looks as though Samsung is about to overtake them for the first time this quarter. Lower end estimates are that Samsungs shipments stand at 85m and Nokia’s figures from earlier this week are …
The entry-level Galaxy Y may not be for everyone, but for the money this will get many onto the smartphone ladder and looks pretty swish too. Powered by an 832MHz CPU it’s got a 2 megapixel camera, 3.0” QVGA screen and it sounds like Three are chucking in …
Do you fancy a bit of demolition? How about flying a ufo? Do you own a Tegra device as well? If so then this game will be right up your street. It is nice to see more Tegra specific games being released. The whole “Tegra is great” thing …
We’ve had a mail in from Roger Matthews after he spotted an update for his Orange-branded Samsung Galaxy S2. Unfortunately it’s not the ICS update but just a tweak to Android 2.3.6. Let us know if you’ve received the update and what changes you have noticed. Link – …
If like me you have an Android phone, the chances are that your life is inextricably linked to Google. You probably have a Gmail account. Your contact book is stored on Google’s servers, if you are one of the 100million users that signed up to Google+ or use …
During our Mobile World Congress coverage we caught our first look at the Motorola MOTOLUXE. With an 800MHz CPU it might not be the fastest puppy in the world, but the design of the thing put a pretty big smile on my face. Tesco have picked up the …
The HTC One S is the slimmer, ever-so-slightly-less-powerful brother of the HTC One X. It’s got a 4.3″ screen with 960×540 pixel screen. I say “slightly less powerful” but heck, a dual-core 1.5GHz CPU is still ruddy good. Powered by Android 4.0 with HTC Sense 4.0, it uses …
In December 2011 Google released Google Currents for Android and iOS in the United States. This app let users explore online magazines and other user generated content. Since the release users have requested that the app be made available internationally and that the speed of updating increases. From …
Like most smartphone users I have apps that I simply cannot do without and WiFi File Transfer certainly fits into that bracket. Put simply, WiFi file transfer allows you to upload and download files from your phone to your PC over your wireless network without the need for …
We have just had some hands on time thanks to Vodafone and Huawei with the Huawei Ascend G300. We can now announce that this handset will be exclusive to Vodafone. It will launch this FRIDAY on both Pay Monthly and PAYG plans either online, over the phone or …
HTC are more than aware how quicky the mobile industry changes. In Barcelona we saw how eager Fujitsu, ZTE and Huawei were to take bigger bites of the mobile market. HTC have realised that their previous “carpet bombing” technique, introducing handsets for almost every segment and user, wasn’t …
Sopcast, the popular streaming application is now available on the Android platform. Currently in beta, the app runs on any Android device currently using version 2.2 or above. Sopcast say that as well as supporting P2P live channels it can play most types of local audio and video …
A mystery HTC device with an edge-to-edge screen has been discovered on the HTC Sense website, but sadly its not real. Android Central have been told that it is just for showing off Sense without specific hardware…. shame as this is certainly a cool device and I’m …
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today announced a major initiative to combat smartphone theft in the United States. In New York City some 40% of all robberies involve smart phones or some other form of mobile device, in Washington DC smartphones were taken in 54% more robberies than …
Samsung Galaxy S2 users on Vodafone rejoice – you’ll soon be getting your hands on Android Ice Cream Sandwich. The latest version of Google’s Android platform will begin rolling out in the UK on April 12. Vodafone confirmed the news via its forum. Here is the official line: …
Android phones have grown from an interest to a bit of an obsession with me, but that’s not the only way they’ve grown recently, and I’m a little worried that all this excess is going to harm our cute green friend. I’m a proud owner of a Samsung …
Two recently released high-end smartphones from Sony and HTC, namely the Xperia S and One X are both touted as top-class camera phones. Imaging specs are pretty impressive – the Sony Xperia S sports 12-megapixel “Exmor R” sensor, while the HTC One X has 8-megapixel shooter backed by …
Battery life is always a lot shorter than you’d like it to be, so when there’s a free app which lets you charge up your phone easily, many are prepared to believe. This time the app will apparently let you charge your phone merely by shaking it. This …
The Founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has today announced his plans to buy the popular Photo taking/sharing website Instagram. The deal, which is still to be approved by the regulatory bodies, is said to be worth $1 billion, made up of cash and shares. I am new to …
Got a HTC phone? Used the Watch service? It’s definitely worth a try this weekend, because they’ve reduced the rental price on a whole splodge of new movies down to just 5p. Once you’ve rented you have 30 days to watch it, so don’t worry if you don’t …
Many of you may be off on the motorways this Easter, so here’s a little app that might be useful. Available for Android and iOS, MotoDeals is from the Moto services chain and offers a different deal each day. Just open the app and you will be presented …
One of the most used phrases in my house is”You are always on that bl**** phone, can’t you put it down for two minutes?” Well, I think that the answer is about to be a resounding NO! One of the best selling PC games of all time, known …
We had a lovely chat with the people from Twonky during Mobile World Congress. The service and software lets you enjoy your media anywhere you want, plus there’s now some interesting extra features. Many handset manufacturers and TV companies are already making it easy to beam your music, …
After MWC and the release of lots of new phones, many people are talking about what their next phone will be. Myself and the rest of the team at Coolsmartphone.com are no different, and most of the debate has been around the new Sony’s and HTC’s. Personally I …
Simon has just given me a mail about a great Easter deal down at PC World. They’ve slashed £230.02 off the price, bringing it down from £479.99 to £249.97, and if you buy it now they’ll chuck in a £10 voucher too. Deal huh ? The offer is …
HTC have kicked off a rather massive campaign for their HTC One series. You’ll be seeing TV adverts featuring a guy jumping out of a plane with one and filming everything on a HTC One handset. Actually, it’s a little more than that… the advert features pictures and …
The runaway success of drawing game Draw Something was illustrated today by a Zynga statement, with claims the app has been downloaded 50 million times in 50 days – it doesn’t take a maths genius to work out that’s a million downloads a day. Impressive stats indeed. Zynga, …
The Asus Padfone, when it was announced, was and still is, widely regarded as the future of the mobile industry. It has the ability to integrate the phone into a tablet, the tablet into a keyboard and the whole lot to an external monitor via its outputs. …
An image of a supposed Samsung press invite has been leaked online this morning and as you can see by the image below. This is for the highly anticipated Galaxy S3 with an announcement date of 22nd May in London Notice the picture of the phone. From what …
We’ve had this picture sent in by Andy Lamb. His Orange-branded HTC Sensation XE has received the all-new Ice Cream Sandwich / Android 4.0 update too, so it looks like a lot of Sensation XE owners are getting it now. Let us know if it’s arrived for you …
Ant has sent us a shot of his rather nice HTC Sensation getting an Ice Cream Sandwich delivery. He’s on Three and this is an unlocked, unbranded and unmolested unit. We know already that the Vodafone branded model was getting the update, but now it looks like other …
Figures recently released by comScore reveal a telling story regarding market share for the major smartphone manufacturers in the United States. Perhaps the biggest suprise is the fall of Microsoft’s share of the market from 5.2% in November ’11 to only 3.9% in Februrary ’12. Microsoft can only …
18 months after its release on iOS, Instagram has finally come to Android. For those of you unfamiliar with the app, Instagram popularised the use of applying various filters to photos, making quick edits and then sharing them online. Although the concept has been copied to death, Instagram …
So, the HTC One X has officially exploded into the Android world. This post isn’t an in depth review of it, Dan has posted an excellent one here. It’s my view of what really matters now that it’s here. After months of speculation, leaked photos, doctored spec sheets …
The HTC One series was announced at Mobile World Congress in February and with so much to see I really didn’t get much time at all with the One X. Add to that all the rushing around and not being 100%, I came away from Barcelona not really …
Angry Birds, possibly the best game ever released for mobile phones and it’s made Rovio into a rather large company and there’s been about as many spin offs as a normal brand could get away with, but the company shows no sign of slowing down. They instead have …
Smartphone battery life, as we all know, is royally rubbish. You’re probably sitting there at your desk, pretending to work, while your smartphone of choice is stealing electricity from your employer. We’ve all done it. Gone are the days of stealing paper-clips, pens and printer paper. Now we …
Sony France have announced plans to launch their Google TV boxes in France later on this year, according to a report by French site Les Echos. According to the article Sony France marketing director Stephane Labrousse said that Sony will sell two devices. One for €200 and another for €300 …
I’m one of those weird sorts of people that like reading user guides before I buy something. Clove have just posted a user guide that might be of use to you. I will be having a read on my lunch break. It’s the user guide for the HTC …
A year and one day ago the most widely used after market firmware for Android, CyanogenMod, pulled an Aprils fool prank. For one day only they decided to change the name of their software to ‘TehUberDuckDistro’ and for one set of nightly releases all CyanogenMod devices looked as …
